Category: Visit
rittenhouse ripka
Judith Ripka’s exquisite fine jewelry is being offered at 50-70% off retail prices during a sample sale tomorrow at the Rittenhouse Hotel from 10AM until 5PM.This is a great opportunity to shop for Mother’s Day. Mention Rittenhouse Row and receive an extra $50 off your purchase.
flower power
Don’t miss a special happy hour benefit for the Rittenhouse Square Flower Market for Children’s Charities and its 2012 beneficiaries, hosted and sponsored by Ladder 15 (1528 Sansom Street) on Wednesday, May 2nd from 6 PM to 9 PM. Tickets are $20 and Ladder 15 will be
providing light appetizers, as well as drink specials.
Please come out and support the Flower Market and our their beneficiaries for 2012, who will all be in attendance:
Anti-Violence Partnership of Philadelphia
Mighty Writers
Pennsylvania School for the Deaf
Rubye’s Kids, Inc.
PURCHASE TICKETS HERE
Also, remember to visit the Flower Market on May 9 and 10 in Rittenhouse Square.
community thrive
THRIVE Pilates is teaming up with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southeastern PA for a charity pilates class on Saturday, April 14th from 2:30-3:30pm. Enjoy an invigorating workout and stretch during a Pilates Mat class, while contributing to the happiness and success of children in your community.
Saxbys Rittenhouse will be providing complimentary fresh fruit and smoothies after the class. Representatives from BBBS will also be on hand at Saxbys to answer questions about the program, including how to get more involved by becoming a Big Brother or Sister.
All proceeds will go to BBBS SEPA. You may pay $20 to participate or contribute more. Sign up HERE.
Not able to attend the class, but want to contribute? Donate here.
aww shucks
On Saturday, April 21 beginning at 2 p.m., popular raw bar and restaurant Oyster House (1516 Sansom Street, 215-567-7683) will host their third-annual Shucking Contest, featuring professional oyster shuckers from across Philadelphia competing for a $200 Grand Prize. An amateur shucking contest will follow the professionals, with guests hoping to earn a $100 Oyster House Gift Certificate. Admission to the shucking contest is $5 per person, and includes all the varieties of the shucked oysters as well as access to Oyster House’s bar and a special firkin of a local craft beer, which will be on a pay-as-you-go
basis.
“Oyster shucking is an art, and those who do it well rightly take pride in their ability,” says proprietor and third-generation restaurateur Sam Mink. “Last year, we had nine professional and amateur shuckers, and we can’t wait to see who takes home the prize this year.”
The professional shuckers, including competitors from Oyster House and others from renowned Philadelphia-area seafood houses, will be judged by UWISHUNU.com editor Allison Stadd, WHERE Philadelphia editor Kristina Jenkins, and celebrity photographer HughE Dillon on their speed and accuracy as they shuck their way through two dozen oysters, working in heats of three shuckers at a time. A one-second deduction will be made to each shucker’s overall time for each broken shell or ripped oyster. After a winner is crowned, amateur shuckers will face the same guidelines, working on one dozen oysters each for a chance to win a $100 Oyster House gift certificate. Onlookers can enjoy the fruits of the competitors’ labors; the oysters will be passed out to the crowd after each heat.
metro matzo
It’s that time of year! Metropolitan Bakery is busy perfecting batches of their famous Matzo. Whether Metro Matzo is served on your table each Seder or curiosity has you dying to try this traditional Passover bread, they’ll have Matzo for sale ($3 a sheet) beginning Friday, April 6th. Doors open at 7:30am.
Please note: The Metro Matzo is not Kosher. For all Matzo related questions, please call 215-545-6655
heads and tails
Rittenhouse Row is pleased to welcome our newest member Heads & Tails Beauty Boutique. Poised to transform the salon experience, Heads & Tails Beauty Boutique will exclusively offer blow dry and waxing services; the first boutique of it’s kind in Philadelphia.
Co-founded by Philly natives Jenne Doyle and Dana Morrison, Heads & Tails Beauty Boutique boasts “an upscale experience without the upscale pricing”. Having spent many years at top spas and salons in Philadelphia, Doyle and Morrison saw a void in Philadelphia’s market– a simple, affordable yet upscale salon experience for busy women.
“What we offer is an alternative to high priced salons – high quality services that are reasonably priced”, says Morrison.
Blow outs at the boutique can transform any hair style – loose and beachy, sleek and straight, full volume, or “anything else” – and all are achieved using plant-based Phyto hair care products. Full body waxing services are offered, including Brazilian wax, using a revolutionary,top-of-the-line hard wax (or blue wax) which removes 90% of the unpleasant pain and irritation generally associated with waxing. “A wax and a blow out are a good way to take a few minutes for yourself, and what’s best is you’ll leave looking and feeling fabulous”, adds Doyle.
Heads & Tails Beauty Boutique also offers customized packages for any type of event (birthday, bachelorette party, bridal shower, wedding parties, etc.).
Check out what its all about tomorrow, March 29th from 6-9PM at their grand opening party…
some green with those fries.
In early summer 2012, Danny Meyer’s Union Square Hospitality Group (USHG) plans to bring its Shake Shack to Philadelphia. One of NYC’s most acclaimed eateries and a fun and lively community-gathering spot, Shake Shack is a modern day “roadside” burger stand known for its delicious burgers, hot dogs, frozen custard, beer, wine and more.
Today, on the first day of spring, Shake Shack is proud to unveil a corner “park”– a living, green wall at the construction site of its future Philly home located at 2000 Sansom Street (corner of 20th and Sansom).
The living installation of greenery at the temporary work zone reimagines the form and function of the often uninspiring, plywood walls that surround the area, and invites the neighboring community to enjoy the lush foliage until the construction ends.
In 2001, Shake Shack was born in a park, sprouting from a hot dog cart in Manhattan’s Madison Square Park to support the Madison Square Park Conservancy’s first art installation. The cart was quite a success, and in 2004 Shake Shack officially opened as a permanent food kiosk – its ivy-covered green architecture designed to make it harmonious with the park and surrounding landscape.
Reflecting Shake Shack’s heritage, the living wall was designed and installed by
Philadelphia-based Shift_Design. It features an array of custom panels and planters made from recycled steel filled with varying types of ivy, seasonal flowers, trailing vines, and evergreen shrubs.
The plants and planters will continue to live on in the community after the wall comes down. Shake Shack will donate them to the Rittenhouse Square Flower Market for Children’s Charities. The non-profit organization hosts its signature French flower market in Philadelphia’s Rittenhouse Square, for the benefit of four annually-changing children’s health and welfare service organizations, as well as for the maintenance of the Square.
This year, the Flower Market will be dedicated to a celebration of mothers and children, and will be held Wednesday, May 9th and Thursday, May 10th, from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., during the week immediately preceding and as a tribute to Mother’s Day.
For more information, please visit www.shakeshack.com or www.facebook.com/shakeshack.
active art
On Thursday, March 22 at 7:00PM, the Philadelphia Art Alliance is hosting a CRAFT AND CULTURE
SERIES: PhilyWorks founders will come to the art alliance to discuss their Fall 2012
exhibition at the PAA. Admission is FREE.
On Saturday, March 24th at 11:00AM the Alliance will be hosting the PHILADELPHIA
YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS: Saturday Reading Series, which includes readings of
Chickens of the Flock-Matthew Stewart, Strath Haven and A Date for Cleo- Valencia Stevenson, McCall Elementary. Admission is FREE.
capucci coats
Sarah Van Aken, founder of SA VA and Philadelphia’s leader in sustainable fashion, has partnered with the Philadelphia Museum of Art to create one-of-a kind, limited-edition upcycled banner jackets. Featuring the striking Nove Gonne (Nine Skirts), the banners promoted the PMA’s 2011 Capucci exhibit. Van Aken has taken one of Capucci’s masterpieces and created one of her own.
sky-high wine and dine
R2L and Cakebread Cellars present A Vintner Dinner hosted by Dennis Cakebread and Daniel Stern on Wednesday, March 14th.
Reception 6:30pm, Dinner 7pm
$110 per person, plus tax and gratuity
Reception:
2010 Chardonnay, Napa Valley
First Course:
2010 Sauvignon Blanc, Napa Valley
Lightly Smoked Foie Gras Terrine and Mackerel
Second Course:
2009 Pinot Noir, Anderson Valley
Duck and Chicory Papardelle
Third Course:
2007 Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley
Variations of Lamb for Almost Spring Time
Dessert:
2008 Zinfandel, Red Hills Lake County
Bleu and Bitter Chocolate Pave; Braise of Plum and Licorice
Reservations required, 215.564.5337
Two Liberty Place, 37th Floor
longer lagos
LAGOS has extended their business hours. Visit them now, Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sunday 12 noon –to 6 p.m.
percentage off your peepers
Mark and Nancy Feldscher owners of WEST Coast Optical would like everyone to celebrate the Grand Re-opening of their Eyewear and Sunwear Boutique during the month of March with a special offer of 25% off all prescription Lenses when you mention “Rittenhouse Row.”
They have returned to our original location with some exciting new brands such as Dita, I.C.BERLIN, Mykita, OliverPeoples and many more Luxury brands. Stop by and see what you have been missing.
1726 Chestnut Street
go red for women
Go red at The Bellevue Food Court during their Healthy, Eating, Cooking, Living day on Wednesday, February 22nd from 12-2PM. Enjoy nutritious food court meals, healthy cooking lessons from Williams-Sonoma, and enter to win a two month membership to The Sporting Club at The Bellevue.
Be sure to also enjoy $4 red wine glasses at Tavern on Broad and GoRed “Picture to Promise” photo fun.
In Pennsylvania alone, nearly 26,000 women die each year from heart disease and stroke. These women are our wives, sisters, mothers, daughters and friends. Less than 60 percent of women recognize heart disease as the number 1 killer of women. The Philadelphia Go Red for Women movement, sponsored by Macy’s, Merck and Main Line Health, is working to decrease those numbers. Empower women to take charge of their heart, GO RED, and join the eforts to stop heart disease.
Click here for more information.
doughnut day
February 21st is Faschnaut Day, Doughnut Day and Fat Tuesday…It’s a big day for doughnuts no matter what you call it! Stop into Krispy Kreme at 16th and Chestnut (41 South 16th St) all day on Tuesday and receive a free original glazed doughnut. One per person and while supplies last.
